American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 193, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 1117-1120 , September 2005

Correlation between middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity and fetal hemoglobin after 2 previous intrauterine transfusions

  • Giancarlo Mari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD, NIH, DHHS, Detroit, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints not available from the authors. Address correspondence to Giancarlo Mari, MD, Hutzel Women's Hospital, 4th Floor Rush Center-PRB Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3990 John R., Detroit, MI 48201.
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  • Roland Zimmermann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Kenneth J. Moise Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Russell L. Deter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Received 1 March 2005 ,Revised 28 May 2005 ,Accepted 2 June 2005.

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 Presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, February 7-12, 2005, Reno, Nev.

PII: S0002-9378(05)00981-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.06.078

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 193, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 1117-1120 , September 2005

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